The Storm Riders

The Storm Riders
Film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese風雲雄霸天下
Simplified Chinese风云雄霸天下
Transcriptions
Directed byAndrew Lau
Screenplay byManfred Wong
Chau Ting
Based onFung Wan
by Ma Wing-shing
Produced byManfred Wong
StarringAaron Kwok
Ekin Cheng
Sonny Chiba
Kristy Yang
Michael Tse
Roy Cheung
Jason Chu
CinematographyAndrew Lau
Edited byMarco Mak
Danny Pang
Music byChan Kwong-wing
Production
companies
Golden Harvest
Bob and Partners
Central Digital Pictures
Tian Shan Film Studio
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 31 August 1998 (1998-08-31)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
BudgetHK$85 million
(US$11 million)
Box officeHK$41.4 million[1]
(US$5.34 million)

The Storm Riders is a 1998 Hong Kong wuxia fantasy film based on the manhua series Fung Wan by artist Ma Wing-shing. Directed by Andrew Lau, it starred Ekin Cheng as Wind and Aaron Kwok as Cloud. The plot involves two children, Whispering Wind and Striding Cloud, who become powerful warriors under the evil Lord Conqueror's tutelage. A sequel to the film, titled The Storm Warriors was directed by the Pang brothers and released in 2009.

  1. ^ "The Storm Riders". Hong Kong Cinemagic. Retrieved 6 March 2018.